2015年10月8日木曜日

サステナビリティに関するレポート

山形俊男先生からのsustainability science に関する情報提供
です。最近学部再編などの関係でFuture Earth に関心を持つ
大学が増えており、地理学関係者が関わっているケースも多
いようです。ここにあるような情報が広く伝わるようにしていた
だければと存じます。

氷見山
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THE 23rd PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS

JUNE 13-17, 2016
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Call for Symposium & Workshop Session Proposals

The 23rd Pacific Science Congress (PSC-23) will be held in Academia Sinica, Taiwan on June 13-17, 2016. The main theme of the PSC-23 is “Science, Technology, and Innovation: Building a Sustainable Future in Asia and the Pacific.”

The Organizing Committee of the 23rd Pacific Science Congress is announcing a Call for Symposium & Workshop Session Proposals for the Congress. If you would like to propose a session, please submit your proposal containing requested information to the PSC-23 website (www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw). Please note the deadline for submitting proposals is scheduled for October 31, 2015.

Sub-Themes for Submission Include:
1.         Climate Change and Earth System Sciences
2.        Biodiversity and Natural Resources
3.        Food / Water / Energy
4.        Human Health
5.        Human Diversity and Inclusive Development
6.        Disaster Risk Reduction
7.        Science for Society: Building Green Societies
8.        Emerging Technologies
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Takashi Gojobori speaks on “Biodiversity and Natural Resources” (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Sandra Harding speaks on “Human Diversity and Inclusive Development” (University of California, Los Angeles)
Mr. Lawrence Kent speaks on “Food / Water / Energy” (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee speaks on “Science for Society: Building Green Societies” (Academia Sinica)
Dr. Gordon McBean speaks on “Disaster Risk Reduction” (International Council for Science, ICSU)
Dr. George Whitesides speaks on “Emerging Technologies” (Harvard University)
Dr. Chi-Huey Wong speaks on “Human Health” (Academia Sinica)
Dr. David Wratt QSO speaks on “Climate Change and Earth System Sciences” (Chief Scientist (Climate), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)

Founded in 1920 and based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Pacific Science Association (PSA) is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science and technology in support of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific. 

Chi-Huey Wong
Chairman of the 23rd Pacific Science Congress
President of Academia Sinica